A Conversation with St. Vincent on Fear, Feedback, and the Future

Annie Clark — better known as St. Vincent — sits across from us in a dimly lit Brooklyn café, nursing a black coffee and talking about her next creative chapter.

“I’ve stopped trying to make records that surprise people,” she says. “Now I just want to make records that surprise me.” We discuss her evolving relationship with guitar, her foray into film scoring, and why she thinks rock music is more alive than ever.